Emir Qasim of Druzid Emirate

Emir Qasim of Druzid Emirate (746-) was the Emir of the Druzid Emirate from 769 under the Abbasid Caliphate.

Biography
Qasim was born in 746 to the Druzids, a family of Druze in present-day Syria under the Abbasid Caliphate. His family was a family of nobles, and in 769 he was appointed as Emir of the Druzid Emirate, centered at the city of Damascus. Qasim married Emira Mahwash of Druzid Emirate, Emira Sadiya of Druzid Emirate, Emira Jalila of Druzid Emirate, and Emira Khandan of Druzid Emirate, and he made Druzism a major belief in the region, no longer a religion of the governed. As a sect of Ismaili Islam, Druzism was allowed to rule over Muslim lands, and Qasim went on the hajj to Mecca during his reign. Qasim succeeded in converting some people in his government to Druzism as well, but he was always loyal to his Sunni masters, the caliphs.